Fire near Morogoro (TZ)

8.40°S, 37.03°E · first detected on 22 September at 13:15

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 22 September at 13:15 to 21 October at 15:42, that is 29 days, through 684 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 15,996 ha.

Detected extent: 15,996 ha
Cumulative power: 7,414 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 120 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 684
Estimated emissions: 9.7 kt of carbon; Carbon burnt in the 0.1 degree cells (about 10 km) around the fire, from 5 October 2026 to 20 October 2026. An order-of-magnitude estimate from GFAS (ECMWF, Copernicus CAMS): it also counts neighbouring fires in the same cell. Contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information (2026). Published data stop on 20 October 2026.

These four figures cover the polar orbits alone, the ones that measure an area. The pass table below also counts geostationary detections, more frequent but too coarse for geometry, and its power column sums a whole pass where the peak above is that of a single pixel.

“Detected extent” is not “burned area”: it is the union of the ground footprints of the satellite pixels, and a pixel counts in full (375 m for VIIRS, 1 km for MODIS) even when only a forest edge is burning. Compared with press figures it is in practice one and a half to three times the area reported. Detections taken at the edge of the scan swath, too coarse to measure anything at all, are excluded. These figures come from thermal detection and are not an official assessment: only the emergency services and the competent authorities are authoritative.

Replay how the fire spread

The map is framed on this fire's footprint and loads only its detections. The timeline below covers the period in which satellites saw it, from the first to the last detection, with twelve hours before and twenty-four after; the ticks on the bar mark the emergency services' announcements that fall within it. The cursor opens on the most powerful pass, and playback replays the whole fire in about thirty seconds. “1 h” shows what is burning within an hour of the chosen moment : the map then follows the power curve below and empties when it falls. “24 h” stacks twenty-four hours : a fire stays visible between two satellite passes, which come two to four times a day. Both are true, but they say different things.

How the radiative power evolved

One point per satellite pass: the sum of the fire radiative power measured over the fire. This is the curve that says whether the fire eased off or picked up again, which no cumulative figure shows. The window covers 30 days; beyond that, clustering would merge two successive fires in the same place.

Fire dynamics

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Satellite passes in detail

Pass	Power summed over the pass	Detections	Sensor
21 October at 18:06	23 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 18:03	10 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 16:50	19 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 16:43	73 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 16:35	164 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 16:35	258 MW	6	Met9
21 October at 16:33	155 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 16:23	23 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 16:20	38 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 16:13	16 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 16:05	130 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 16:05	92 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 16:03	82 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 15:53	162 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 15:50	282 MW	7	Met9
21 October at 15:50	283 MW	5	Met10
21 October at 15:43	38 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 15:40	137 MW	6	Aqua
21 October at 15:35	63 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 15:35	45 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 15:33	86 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 15:23	101 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 15:20	160 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 15:20	235 MW	5	Met9
21 October at 15:13	102 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 15:03	20 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 14:53	61 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 14:50	55 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 14:43	25 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 14:35	103 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 14:33	37 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 14:23	50 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 14:20	248 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 14:13	22 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 14:10	31 MW	4	N
21 October at 14:03	67 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 13:34	99 MW	10	N21
21 October at 13:23	16 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 12:49	147 MW	9	N20
21 October at 12:30	53 MW	5	N
21 October at 00:59	1 MW	1	N21
21 October at 00:14	2 MW	1	N20
20 October at 22:23	40 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 20:03	13 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 19:53	79 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 19:37	173 MW	3	Terra
20 October at 19:33	215 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 19:13	127 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 19:03	131 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 18:53	125 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 18:43	25 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 18:23	14 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 18:13	22 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 18:03	65 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 17:53	69 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 17:43	112 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 17:33	62 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 17:23	40 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 17:13	49 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 17:03	104 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 16:53	49 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 16:43	31 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 16:33	12 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 16:05	24 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 16:03	18 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 15:50	28 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 15:35	237 MW	5	Met9
20 October at 15:33	39 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 15:23	115 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 15:20	102 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 15:05	89 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 14:53	10 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 14:43	88 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 13:51	13 MW	2	N21
20 October at 13:08	162 MW	9	N20
20 October at 12:49	289 MW	12	N
20 October at 12:11	107 MW	5	N21
19 October at 16:43	11 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 16:23	36 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 16:05	255 MW	5	Met9
19 October at 16:05	173 MW	3	Met10
19 October at 16:03	122 MW	4	Met12
19 October at 15:53	43 MW	3	Met12
19 October at 15:50	138 MW	4	Met9
19 October at 15:35	38 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 15:33	113 MW	4	Met12
19 October at 13:28	20 MW	2	N20
19 October at 01:35	2 MW	1	N21
19 October at 00:52	8 MW	5	N20
19 October at 00:31	13 MW	10	N
18 October at 15:35	36 MW	1	Met9
18 October at 15:25	103 MW	6	Aqua
18 October at 15:20	265 MW	3	Met9
18 October at 15:13	20 MW	1	Met12
18 October at 15:05	38 MW	1	Met9
18 October at 15:03	47 MW	3	Met12
18 October at 14:50	27 MW	1	Met9
18 October at 14:43	34 MW	2	Met12
18 October at 14:33	12 MW	1	Met12
18 October at 14:23	18 MW	1	Met12
18 October at 14:20	83 MW	2	Met9
18 October at 13:47	35 MW	5	N20
18 October at 13:25	119 MW	6	N
18 October at 13:23	23 MW	1	Met12
18 October at 12:49	21 MW	4	N21
17 October at 13:47	73 MW	4	N
17 October at 13:08	21 MW	4	N21
15 October at 15:10	78 MW	5	Aqua
15 October at 13:47	42 MW	4	N21
15 October at 13:02	162 MW	15	N20
15 October at 12:41	74 MW	10	N
15 October at 01:09	3 MW	1	N21
15 October at 00:25	7 MW	7	N20
14 October at 13:21	126 MW	11	N20
13 October at 19:58	25 MW	2	Terra
13 October at 15:31	27 MW	3	Aqua
13 October at 13:40	32 MW	2	N20
12 October at 13:02	52 MW	8	N21
12 October at 01:01	2 MW	2	N
12 October at 00:27	5 MW	3	N21
11 October at 20:19	17 MW	2	Terra
11 October at 13:57	123 MW	16	N
11 October at 13:21	184 MW	16	N21
11 October at 12:38	293 MW	11	N20
11 October at 01:41	16 MW	15	N20
11 October at 01:22	22 MW	16	N
11 October at 00:44	57 MW	28	N21
10 October at 19:39	84 MW	1	Terra
10 October at 15:16	13 MW	1	Aqua
10 October at 13:40	301 MW	22	N21
10 October at 12:56	194 MW	16	N20
10 October at 12:36	70 MW	13	N
10 October at 01:03	17 MW	11	N21
10 October at 00:20	6 MW	8	N20
9 October at 20:38	110 MW	3	Terra
9 October at 13:13	130 MW	11	N20
9 October at 12:56	83 MW	9	N
9 October at 12:17	106 MW	10	N21
9 October at 01:22	4 MW	3	N21
9 October at 00:37	10 MW	11	N20
9 October at 00:20	5 MW	4	N
8 October at 20:00	11 MW	1	Terra
8 October at 15:40	292 MW	6	Aqua
8 October at 13:34	426 MW	27	N20
8 October at 13:15	540 MW	51	N
8 October at 12:38	395 MW	28	N21
8 October at 00:59	1 MW	1	N20
7 October at 13:32	17 MW	2	N
6 October at 20:21	4 MW	1	Terra
6 October at 13:15	76 MW	11	N21
6 October at 08:08	8 MW	1	Terra
5 October at 13:34	39 MW	5	N21
5 October at 12:49	30 MW	4	N20
3 October at 15:44	57 MW	3	Aqua
3 October at 13:28	70 MW	7	N20
3 October at 13:08	218 MW	23	N
3 October at 12:32	294 MW	20	N21
2 October at 15:06	62 MW	2	Aqua
2 October at 13:47	11 MW	2	N20
2 October at 13:25	11 MW	1	N
2 October at 12:49	133 MW	11	N21
2 October at 01:09	1 MW	1	N20
1 October at 13:47	88 MW	7	N
1 October at 13:08	104 MW	11	N21
30 September at 13:28	11 MW	2	N21
30 September at 12:43	9 MW	1	N20
29 September at 13:47	22 MW	2	N21
29 September at 13:02	19 MW	3	N20
28 September at 13:19	76 MW	14	N20
28 September at 12:24	10 MW	2	N21
27 September at 15:14	10 MW	1	Aqua
27 September at 13:40	53 MW	4	N20
27 September at 13:19	46 MW	9	N
24 September at 14:59	138 MW	5	Aqua
24 September at 12:56	31 MW	4	N20
23 September at 13:13	2 MW	1	N20

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